Re^5: Perl program to look into the phone directory and in case of a match, print the name along with the number

[Marshall]

This is indeed strange and contrary to my C experience. No doubt about that! I just re-ran my test cases and get the same results. This is the only way I could duplicate the OP's symptoms. This did surprise me! I did not expect this result.

I am using:
"This is perl 5, version 20, subversion 2 (v5.20.2) built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-64int (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)"
On Win XP with all patches before end of life.

It would be helpful if the OP or others could replicate this result on a different Windows version. Something is very odd about this. I agree! I suppose that there could be Windows problem with my ancient laptop. For a bug report, I'd like additional independent verification with exact versioning information. The more detail contained in the bug report and the easier the problem is to reproduce dramatically increases the probability that it will get fixed.

[huck]

While i can reconstruct your result, i fear it is not for the cause you describe. it is the "next unless.." that is skipping john when there is no "enter" after john. print $line before that test to see.

I dont get it, unless \s+ is matching \n when it is there, and the "match" fails when it is missing.

nevermind, @haukex said it better Re^3: Perl program to look into the phone directory and in case of a match, print the name along with the number, should have refreshed the whole conversation before posting

[Marshall]

In any event, you are correct. This is a regex issue.